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I know what's happening at all times of the day. I skim headlines in the paper each morning, watch streaming videos on my computer at work, and read features on my tablet in the evening. Nothing that happens in Manitoba gets by me. I'm informed and I read the Winnipeg Free Press. winnipegfreepress. com / subscribe CUPE 500 endorses Freedom Road campaign THE city's largest union has joined the growing list of supporters calling for an all- weather road to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. In a release issued by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500 Tuesday, the union officially endorsed the Freedom Road campaign by sending two letters - the first to Chief Erwin Redsky, to show they have the support of Winnipeg's largest union; the second to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt, urging the federal government to commit to funding the road. " It is unjust that the people who live in the community that sources our public water have been under a boilwater advisory for 17 years and are often cut off entirely from accessing clean water and public services" said union president Mike Davidson, in the release. " As the workers who deliver this water to Winnipeggers, we feel that clean, public water should also be available to those who source it. CUPE Local 500 represents about 4,200 municipal workers in Winnipeg. " We all benefit from the clean, potable water provided to us by Shoal Lake" said Davidson. " It is unacceptable that this community should suffer on our behalf." The First Nation located at the Manitoba- Ontario border was cut off from the mainland 100 years ago with the construction of an aqueduct, built to supply Winnipeg with fresh water. The provincial and municipal governments have committed to funding a road to access the community. So far, the federal government has refused to commit to funding the construction of the estimated $ 30- million road, beyond a $ 1- million pledge to a design study for the project. Forum to provide outlet for Sixties Scoop survivors THE Sixties Scoop is the name given to the Canadian practice in which thousands of indigenous children were placed in foster homes or adopted by families as far flung as the United States and Europe. A three- day conference that begins Friday in Winnipeg will offer a forum to discuss the impact of this child- welfare practice that took place from the 1960s to the 1980s. It was abandoned in the early 1990s. " A number of children who fell victim to the Sixties Scoop deal with the loss of identity, a reflection of who they are and the gifts they carry. Today we see the effects of that indigenous policy our people deal with, the trauma that leaves them in a state of dysfunction, trying to find answers to who they are as indigenous people," Skip Gagnon, president of the hosting agency, said in an announcement Tuesday about the conference. The Manitoba Indigenous Adoptees Coalition Inc. will host Connecting Our Spirits, a Gathering for Sixties Scoop Manitoba Indigenous Adoptees and People Placed in Care from Friday to Sunday at the University of Winnipeg. " We need to come together as community to share information and our stories to reconnect with families, and communities provide the support to guide them on their healing path. This gathering is an opportunity for those individuals who as children were removed from their original families and communities to connect with others like themselves," Gagnon said. Keynote speakers include Justice Murray Sinclair, the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that released its summary report last month on the impact of residential schools on generations of indigenous people. The Sixties Scoop followed on the heels of the residential school era and in many cases overlapped with it, extending its social and cultural effects onto additional generations. Federal statistics from the Indian Affairs Department of the era put the number of First Nations treaty children scooped up at 11,132 across Canada. Social commentators have said the actual number was much higher. " Throughout the province of Manitoba, a number of indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in homes across Canada, the United States and at times, Europe during the 1950s to the 1990s. Government officials merit the apprehension of children based on colonial standards of living instead of what is in the best interest of the child," the conference announcement stated. - staff In Brief JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Kevin Redsky tends to a water plant at Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. B_ 03_ Jul- 22- 15_ FP_ 01. indd B3 7/ 21/ 15 9: 04: 56 PM ;